Posted on 06/10/2002 7:30:38 AM PDT by Dales
Breaking now. Details shortly
I read that 1/3 of Muslims who live in this country are of arab descent, 1/3 are asian and one third black. A handful include those like Johnny Taliban.
Or maybe we told him that the "gentlemen from Mossad are here..." and he spilled his guts.
All right, let's not get our shorts in a bind here. All I'm saying is that, if I'm Bush/Ashcroft/Ridge/et. al., I might want to produce some "results" instead of becoming the boy who cries wolf every couple weeks.
Just track a known Al Qaeda member until he shows up in a crowded place with a briefcase. Arrest him, and take it from there. Or, if that's not possible, pick any Middle Eastern man with a briefcase.
Oh, but nothing remotely like that could ever happen in our great nation. Our leaders are much too trustworthy and honest to sacrifice the life of an innocent person (especially a foreigner).
I pray we are to be so fortunate, but I reckon the terrorists with the smarts are finding ways to stay off the radar. Eternal vigilance is our best defense against these cretins, be they "super stupid" or not.
FReegards...MUD
So much for profiling "Arab looking" types... No. Still plenty effective.Profiling "Arab looking types" simply means the smart and resourceful terrorists (in other words, the dangerous ones) will use people who don't fit the ethnic profile. It's not only wrong, it's dangerous.More than nine out of ten terrorists are Arab looking young males.
We dont need to ignore the rule to try to catch the exception.
-Eric
This is from Gospelcom.net--an El Rukn link via Louis Farrakahn & Libya:
Nation of Islam under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan. This is another black separatist sect with militant tendencies. Although he has softened his rhetoric in recent years, Farrakhan has prophesied a doomsday for white America, including the total destruction of the country, while also calling for the establishment of a separate black territory in the U.S.(19 ) He frequently makes anti-American statements in the media both in the U.S. and abroad, and has close ties to Libya and it's leader Qaddafi, a nation and leader known for supporting international acts of terrorism. He also has ties to El Rukn , a radical, black Muslim street gang in Chicago, which "reportedly offered to carry out terrorist operations in the United States on behalf of Libya in return for money."(20 )
No. I'm a strict Constitutional Fundamentalist (it says what it means, and means what it says).
Just wondering, are you a Montana freeman? Worn out your copy of "Capricorn One" from overuse? Are they coming to take you away, hoho, haha, hehe?
Al- Quaeda probably has a LOT of potential operatives still here. The common denominator: Islamicism - that's a "profile" that's being avoided for some odd reason.
Actually, the coeffs are 1,-3 and -4. But, that doesn't have any tricks. Very straightforward. *Physicists*
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Or maybe we told him that the "gentlemen from Mossad are here..." and he spilled his guts.
Or maybe we told him the "lethal injection" was rancid bacon grease =:o)
He could easily pass for a middle easterner. imo.Then so could tens of millions of other American citizens. Do we really want to "profile" Hispanics as potential Arabs? I'm sure the Democrats wouldn't have any comments about that [/SRC]
-Eric
My thoughts exactly last night! I was thinking how what Arafat said would fit perfectly with his knowledge of a major explosion here, and in the past week or so, I've also noticed people on FR remarking on dates of June 10 and 11, not to mention the fact that Moslems like the number 9. Hmmmm....
So what's he doing in Chicago? It's a fur piece from Chicago to DC. I mean, he didn't have to land at Reagan, but he could've picked an airport on the East Coast, Philly, for example.
I also want to point out to all the people who have been profiling proponents that this is a perfect example of why profiling is not a solution.
Profiling is not the solution, but it can be a major and effective component of the solution.
If 10% of terrorists are not Arab-looking, that is still no reason not to acknowledge and act upon the fact that the other 90% are.
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